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[null,"The objective of this calculator is to aid you and your independent auditor in the assessment of your plastic footprint as defined in the Plastic Neutral Pact. Here, we outline the different possible sources of plastic within your business, so that you may plot volumes within a given time frame accordingly. \n\nUsing these measurement standards allows your organization follow a process when collecting data, and more importantly helps you to identify plastic reduction opportunities. If you are applying for a Plastic Neutral certification please ensure that you submit a true and certified copy of this document to PCEx along with your application.",null,null,null,"1. All input data pertains only to the company being assessed, and not any of its stakeholders (e.g. employees).\n\n2. All input data shall have as its basis only purchases the company has made and recorded on its books.\n\n3. All input data shall fall under a defined period of assessment.        "]
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[null,"Scope Summary"]
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[null,"The scope of the plastic footprint calculator covers all the plastic generated along the value chain starting upon ownership and receipt of raw materials up until use of product/ service by consumers in its intended purpose. This includes all raw and packaging materials inputs, materials used during production, transport, advertising and promotion, and consumption in its original packaging (for products). The plastic footprint represents an inventory, in unit of mass, of plastic leakage into the environment."]
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[null,"Plastic Reduction Goal"]
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[null,"Plastic Footprint Scope"]
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[null,"Period of Data Used for Calculator"]

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[null,"1A | Plastic Inputs to Production of Goods"]
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[null,"A. PRODUCT\nThese are plastic raw materials that go directly into the product that is being made. Examples include vinyl, resin, glue, polypropylene plastic, polycarbonate, and plastics that go into toys and appliances.\n"]
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[null,"B. PACKAGING\nThese are plastic materials that are used in the primary, secondary, or tertiary product packaging of the product. Examples include wrappers, bottles, caps, laminated boxes, and labels."]
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[null,"C. PROCESSING/MANUFACTURING\nThese are plastic materials that are used anywhere in the manufacturing process of the product. Examples include plastic equipment, safety goggles, hairnets, packaging for cleaning implements and other fluids, and plastic pallets in the plant."]
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[null,"SUBTOTAL (KG)",null,null,{"$f":"SUM(E9:E13,E20:E23,E32:E36)","v":0}]
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[null,"1B | Plastic Inputs to Rendering Services for Service Companies"]
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[null,"A. SERVICE\nThese are plastic materials that are used in order to render any service.\nExamples include plastic utensils, straws, shower caps, medical equipment, and disposable razors."]
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[null,"SUBTOTAL (KG)",null,null,{"$f":"SUM(E48:E52)","v":0}]
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[null,"TOTAL PLASTIC INPUTS IN PRODUCTS/SERVICE (KG)",null,null,{"$f":"SUM(E38,E54)","v":0}]

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[null,"1A | Plastic Inputs to Production of Goods"]
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[null,"A. PRODUCT\nThese are plastic raw materials that go directly into the product that is being made. Examples include vinyl, resin, glue, polypropylene plastic, polycarbonate, and plastics that go into toys and appliances.\n"]
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[null,"B. PACKAGING\nThese are plastic materials that are used in the primary, secondary, or tertiary product packaging of the product. Examples include wrappers, bottles, caps, laminated boxes, and labels."]
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[null,"TOTAL PLASTIC INPUTS IN PRODUCTS/SERVICE (KG)",null,null,{"$f":"SUM(E9:E14,E21:E25)","v":0}]

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[null,"1B | Plastic Inputs to Rendering Services for Service Companies"]
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[null,"A. SERVICE\nThese are plastic materials that are used in order to render any service.\nExamples include plastic utensils, straws, shower caps, medical equipment, and disposable razors."]
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[null,"TOTAL PLASTIC INPUTS IN SERVICE (KG)",null,null,{"$f":"SUM(E9:E13)","v":0}]

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[null,"2| Plastics Used in Logistics & Shipping"]
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[null,"A. PLASTIC USED IN PACKING AND TRANSPORTING FROM MANUFACTURING TO WAREHOUSE\nExamples include plastic pallets used in truck, stretch wrap, and bubble wrap."]
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[null,"B. PLASTIC USED IN PACKING AND TRANSPORTING FROM WAREHOUSE TO RETAILER\nExamples include nylon, adhesives, and plastic twine.\n"]
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[null,"C. PLASTICS USED IN PACKING AND TRANSPORTING FROM WAREHOUSE DIRECTO TO CONSUMER (I.E. ONLINE SALES, DIRECT SALES, ETC.) \nExamples include delivery sleeves, shipping and return bags, and plastic tags.\n"]
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[null,"3| Plastics Used Directly for Advertising, Promotions & Merchandising"]
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[null,"A. PLASTICS USED IN ADVERTISING\nExamples include billboard tarpaulins, point-of-sale displays, laminated brochures, PVC banners, and signages."]
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[null,"B. PLASTICS USED IN EVENTS AND ACTIVATIONS\nExamples include plastic booths, snack and beverage packaging, and various fit-outs and decorations."]
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[null,"4| Plastics Used for General & Administrative Activities"]
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[null,"A. PLASTICS USED IN OFFICE FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT\nExamples include plastic components in laptops, printers, A/C units, storage bins, and furniture."]
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[null,"B. PLASTICS USED IN OFFICE SUPPLIES\nExamples include plastic components and packaging of plastic fasteners, binder clips, paper reams, snacks, and cleaning supplies."]
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[null,"C. PLASTICS USED IN COMPANY EVENTS\nExamples include plastic used at company birthdays, luncheons, and parties; e.g. plastic utensils, decor, takeout packaging, and acrylic nameplates.\n"]
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[null,"D. PLASTICS USED IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT\nThese are plastic materials used in new product or service innovations. Examples include plastic raw materials, packaging components, tools, and equipment."]
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[null,"TOTAL GROSS PLASTIC FOOTPRINT (MT)",null,null,{"$f":"SUM('PFC1.1'!E56,'PFC2'!E38,'PFC3'!E26,'PFC4'!E48)/1000","v":0}]

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[null,"Plastics Reused / Recycled / Composted"]
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[null,"A. REUSE/REUSED PACKAGING\nOperation by which packaging is refilled or used for the same purpose for which it was conceived, with or without the support of auxiliary products present on the market, enabling the packaging to be refilled. "]
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[null,"B. RECYCLED PACKAGING (POST-CONSUMER)\nProduct, packaging, or associated component that can be diverted from the waste stream through available processes and programmes and can be collected, processed, and returned to use in the form of raw materials or products."]
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[null,"C. PLASTICS COMPOSTED\nA packaging or packaging component (1) is compostable if it is in compliance with relevant international compostability standards (2) and if its successful post-consumer (3) collection, (sorting), and composting is proven to work in practice and at scale (4). See glossary for more info."]
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[null,"TOTAL REUSED/RECYCLED/COMPOSTED (MT)",null,null,{"$f":"SUM(E15,E29,E44)/1000","v":0}]
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[null,"PLASTIC FOOTPRINT NET OF REUSED/RECYCLED PLASTIC (MT)",null,null,{"$f":"SUM('PFC4'!E50 - E46)","v":0}]

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[null,null,"The GROSS Plastic Footprint for  ",null,{"$f":"'Plastic Footprint Calculator'!D41","v":0},null,null,"   is"]
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[null,null,"The NET Plastic Footprint for  ",null,{"$f":"'Plastic Footprint Calculator'!D41","v":0},null,null,"   is"]
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[null,null,null,"For the duration  ",{"$f":"'Plastic Footprint Calculator'!D47","v":0}]
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[null,"Composting ","Aerobic process designed to produce compost.",null,"Note 1 to entry: Compost is a soil conditioner obtained by biodegradation of a mixture consisting principally of vegetable residues, occasionally with other organic material and having a limited mineral content.",null,null,"ISO 472:2013,​ Plastics - Vocabulary"]
[null,"Compostable packaging","A packaging or packaging component (1) is compostable if it is in compliance with relevant international compostability standards (2) and if its successful post-consumer (3) collection, (sorting), and composting is proven to work in practice and at scale (4).",null,"Notes\n1. ISO 18601:2013: A packaging component is a part of packaging that can be separated by hand or by using simple physical means (e.g. a cap, a lid and (non in-mould) labels).\n2. Including ISO 18606, ISO 14021, EN13432, ASTM D-6400 and AS4736.\n3. ISO 14021’s usage of term clarifies post-consumer material as material generated by households or by\ncommercial, industrial and institutional facilities in their role as end users of the product which can no longer be used for its intended purpose. This includes returns of material from the distribution chain.\n 4. ‘At scale’ implies that there are significant and relevant geographical areas, as measured by population size, where the packaging is actually composted in practice.",null,null,"Ellen McArthur Foundation Global Commitment Definition of Terms"]
[null,null,null,null,"Further explanatory notes\na. As per ISO 18606, a package is industrially compostable if it meets the following criteria:\n● Characterisation: identification and characterisation of components prior to testing;\n● Biodegradation: conversion of at least 90% of organic carbon to CO​2​ within 26 weeks under controlled\ncomposting conditions (at +58°C +/-2°C);\n● Disintegration: disintegration is considered satisfactory if within 12 weeks under controlled composting\nconditions, no more than 10% of the original dry mass of a package remains in the oversize fraction after sieving through a 2,0 mm sieve (at +58°C +/-2°C)\n○ Compost quality: the compost obtained at the end of the process does not cause any negative effects;\n○ Maximum concentration of regulated metals: it does not exceed a given concentration. of regulated heavy metals and other substances hazardous to the environment.\nb. As per ISO 18606, a package is considered compostable only if all the individual components of the package meet the compostability requirements specified. If the components can be easily, physically separated before disposal, then the physically separated components can be individually considered for composting."]
[null,"Plastic Footprint","Amount of plastic emitted into the environment as a result of the activities of a business based on a defined scope. This includes plastics emitted through manufacture, distribution, promotion, and sale of its product or service, as well as general and administrative functions. This represents an inventory, in units of mass (kg or metric ton) of plastic waste. Also referred to as Gross Plastic Footprint. "]
[null,"Plastic Neutral","State which is achieved when at least 100% of the net plastic footprint associated with a company, brand, product, or service is reduced to zero through Plastic Offsetting, recycling, co-processing, material and energy recovery, and other reduction methods for a defined period. "]
[null,"Plastic Negative","State which is achieved when at least 200% of the net plastic footprint associated with a company, brand, product, or service is processed through Plastic Offsetting, recycling, co-processing, material and energy recovery, and other reduction methods for a defined period. "]
[null,"Plastic Offsetting","Act of recovering and processing post-consumer plastic waste to compensate for an established plastic footprint for a defined period. \nPlastic Reduction Goal: Refers to an individual or organization’s commitment to achieve any of Plastic-Free, Plastic Neutral, or Plastic Negative status. "]
[null,"Post-consumer recycled content","Proportion, by mass, of post-consumer (1) recycled material in a product or packaging.",null,"Note\n1. ISO14021’s usage of term clarifies post-consumer material as material generated by households or by commercial, industrial and institutional facilities in their role as end users of the product which can no longer be used for its intended purpose. This includes returns of material from the distribution chain.",null,null,"Ellen McArthur Foundation Global Commitment Definition of Terms\n\nISO 14021:2016 modified, ​Environmental labels and declarations — Self-declared environmental claims (Type II environmental labelling), Usage of terms, ​modified (focus on post-consumer recycled material)"]
[null,null,null,null,"Further explanatory notes\na. While in a circular economy it is encouraged that pre-consumer waste is kept in the system, the priority is to\navoid such pre-consumer waste as​ part of an efficient production process. This definition therefore excludes pre-consumer recycled content (ISO 14021, ​Usage of terms, Recycled content: ​ Pre-consumer recycled content includes materials diverted from the waste stream during a manufacturing process).\nb. Transparency on the nature of the recycled content (i.e. post-consumer versus pre-consumer) is to be ensured whenever possible.\nc. As referred to in ISO 14021, the percentage of recycled material (by weight) shall be mentioned when a claim of recycled content is made, separately stating the percentage of recycled content used in products and packaging, without aggregating it.\nd. Amounts and quality of packaging made out of recycled content should be in line with relevant food contact and health and safety regulations where a packaging is put on the market.\ne. To verify or certify the use of recycled content, various verification systems from different assurance bodies exist."]
[null,"Recyclable packaging","A packaging (1) or packaging component (2,3) is recyclable if its successful post-consumer (4)\ncollection, sorting, and recycling (5) is proven to work in practice and at scale.",null,"Notes\n1. In the context of a 2025 timeframe and the Global Commitment, a package can be considered\nrecyclable if its main packaging components, together representing >95% of the entire packaging weight, are recyclable according to the above definition, and if the remaining minor components are compatible with the recycling process and do not hinder the recyclability of the main components. Otherwise, only the recyclable components of a package (or the recyclable parts of components - see footnote 3) can be counted towards achieving this commitment, and only when other components do not hinder or contaminate their recyclability.\nExamples​:\n- If a bottle and its cap are recyclable, the packaging can be claimed to be recyclable if it has a label (<5% of total weight) that does not hinder the recyclability of the bottle and cap.\n- If that same bottle has a label that hinders or contaminates the recycling of the bottle and cap, the entire packaging is non-recyclable.\n- If a package has (a) certain component(s) that are not recyclable and that make up >5% of the total packaging weight (e.g. 12%) and that do not hinder or contaminate the recycling of the remaining recyclable components of the package, then only that recyclable part (e.g. 88%) can be counted towards this commitment.\nLonger-term, the aim should be for all packaging components (e.g. including labels) to be recyclable\naccording to the above definition.\n2. A packaging component is a part of packaging that can be separated by hand or by using simple\nphysical means (ISO 18601), e.g. a cap, a lid and (non in-mould) labels.\n3. A packaging component can only be considered recyclable if that entire component, excluding minor\nincidental constituents (6), is recyclable according to the definition above. If just one material of a multi-material component is recyclable, one can only claim recyclability of that material, not of the component as a whole (in line with US FTC Green Guides14 and ISO 14021).\n4. ISO 14021 defines post-consumer material as material generated by households or by commercial, industrial and institutional facilities in their role as end users of the product which can no longer be used for its intended purpose. This includes returns of material from the distribution chain. It excludes pre-consumer material (e.g. production scrap).\n5. Packaging for which the ​only​ proven way of recycling is recycling into applications that do not allow any further use-cycles (e.g. plastics-to-roads) cannot be considered ‘recyclable packaging’.\n6. ISO 18601:2013: A packaging constituent is a part from which packaging or its components are made and which cannot be separated by hand or by using simple physical means (e.g. a layer of a multi-layered pack or an in-mould label).",null,null,"Ellen McArthur Foundation Global Commitment Definition of Terms\n\n14 US Federal Trade Commission (2012), Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims (\"Green Guides\"), Part 260."]
[null,"Reuse/ Reuse of Packaging","Operation by which packaging is refilled or used for the same purpose for which it was conceived, with or without the support of auxiliary products (1) present on the market, enabling the packaging to be refilled. ",null,"An auxiliary product is a product used to support the refilling/loading of reusable packaging. (...) An\nexample of an auxiliary product is a detergent pouch used to refill a reusable container at home (ISO 18603). As per ISO 18603, auxiliary products that are one-way products (i.e. designed to be used once) are not considered reusable packaging.",null,null,"Ellen McArthur Foundation Global Commitment Definition of Terms\n\nISO 18603:2013, ​Packaging and the environment - Reuse,​ modified "]
[null,null,null,null,"Further explanatory notes\n\na. Attention should be paid to the intended use and function of the packaging, in order to verify whether it is\nbeing reused for the same purpose or a secondary use. In the latter case the packaging is not considered as reusable packaging (ISO 18603, ‘​Packaging used for the same purpose’​ )​, e.g. the use of a package as a pen-holder or as decoration cannot be qualified as reuse.\n\nb. A package is considered reusable if the design of the packaging enables the principal components to accomplish a number of trips or rotations in normally predictable conditions of use (ISO 18603). According to ISO 18601, a packaging component is a part of packaging that can be separated by hand or by using simple physical means (e.g. a cap, a lid, a (non in-mould) label)."]
[null,null,null,null,"Examples\nPackaging can be reused in different ways:\n  ● Business-to-business applications: packaging is reused through a redistribution system between one or more\ncompanies* (e.g. ​pallets​ ​loaded with the same or different product**, ​ crates, pallet wraps)\n● Business-to-consumer applications: packaging returned to the supplier to be reused (e.g. refilled) for the\ndistribution and sale of an identical or similar product (e.g. a container that is part of a deposit return or refund system for reuse, a returnable transportation packaging item, a reusable container in the food service industry) or​ ​packaging not returned to the supplier, but instead reused by the user as a container or as a dispenser for the same product supplied by the manufacturer for the same purpose (such as a refill, including in a concentrated form).\n\n*I​SO 18603:2013, ​‘Closed-loop system’/’Open-loop system’ ​definitions: Reuse can take place within a company or a cooperating group of companies ​(closed-loop) or ​amongst​ unspecified companies (open-loop).\n** ​ISO 18603:2013, ‘​Packaging used for the same purpose​’ definition: Reuse of pallets, loaded originally with dairy products and now loaded with house bricks is reuse for the same purpose."]
[null,"Reusable packaging","Packaging which has been designed to accomplish or proves its ability to accomplish a minimum number of trips or rotations (1,2) in a system for reuse (3,4).",null,null,null,null,"Ellen McArthur Foundation Global Commitment Definition of Terms\n\nSource: ISO 18603:2013 - ​Packaging and the environment - Reuse, m​ odified (packaging component mentioned in notes)"]
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[null,"Renewable material","Material that is composed of biomass21 from a living source and that can be continually replenished. When claims of renewability are made for virgin materials, those materials shall come from sources that are replenished at a rate equal to or greater than the rate of depletion.",null,null,null,null,"ISO 14021:2016, ​Environmental labels and declarations — Self-declared environmental claims (Type II environmental labelling) - Sections 7.14.1. Usage of term and 7.14.2. Qualifications."]
[null,"Renewable content","Proportion, by mass, of renewable material in a product or packaging.",null,"Further explanatory notes\na. The assessment of “renewable content” is done either through the direct measurement of biomass or\nbio-based carbon content in a product, or by a calculation. As plastic producing facilities sometimes use both fossil and renewable feedstocks at the same time, a certified mass balance approach could be applied to calculate and certify renewable content.\nb. Renewable content can be made from bio-based materials (biomass or biogenic carbon), although it should be noted that bio-based materials are not always renewable.\nc. Claims made on renewable content (biomass content, bio-based carbon content) should only be made in relation to the total mass or total carbon in the product.\nd. Amounts and quality of packaging made out of renewable content should be in line with relevant food contact, health and safety regulations where packaging is put on the market.\n\nISO 14021:2016: Bio​mass is defined as a “material of biological origin excluding material embedded in geological formations or transformed to fossilised material. Note 1 to entry: This includes organic material (both living and dead) from above and below ground, e.g. trees, crops, grasses, tree litter, algae, animals and waste of biological origin, e.g. manure.(modified: part on renewable energy excluded)"]